My heroine, convinced that her apparent allies are in fact allied with her enemies, questions her captor. Fun session tonight. Got to explore one of my important secondary characters on my way to the bigger surprise I have planned between hero and heroine. If you’re playing the “write a book with me” game, post your own progress for the day … Continue reading →
I took last night off. No words. The Air Force Kid is home on leave before going back to the desert for another 6 months, and we sat up and talked and played video games and just hung out together until about 3:30 AM. If you’re playing “Write a book with me,” here are a few options for the occasional … Continue reading →
Look at the line of tabs right above the blog title (Pocket Full of Words). You’ll see a new tab there for Write A Book With Me. The tab includes the short list of game rules (mostly non-rules, frankly), the playing levels with explanations, and ways to keep track of what’s going on. You don’t have to write at a … Continue reading →
Got 506 words of Dreaming the Dead tonight, and put my MC in a situation where she’s not sure if she’s been captured by friendlies or enemies. And I realized what I’m doing right now creates a perfect opportunity for folks who want to write a novel but who need a bit of a boost to get it done. I’m … Continue reading →
Good words last night, along with surprising action as my MC remembers something horrible that shaped her life, and decides to fight for survival. I’m stunned to realized that working at this ambling, casual pace, I’m already over 20,000 words, and that if I were planning a normal-length book, I’d already be 20% done. This is something I’ve forgotten over … Continue reading →
Matt has assured me on more than one occasion that the reason men choose to do anything is, first and foremost, because they think doing it will get them laid. Design the Eiffel Tower? Compose a magnificent concerto? Do a hundred pushups a day? Write a novel? The man thinks “This will get me laid.” And he’s right. For a … Continue reading →
Took myself by surprise when my villain (whom the heroine thinks of as Camel Coat) showed up without warning. Got 439 words and an edgy bit of a tense scene—tomorrow, I’ll probably hit the part where the trap snaps shut, and catches more that it was intended to catch. But for tonight, I’m done, and very, very happy with what … Continue reading →
636 words tonight—they flew, and in the scene I called Razor Wire, Ki realizes that the thorn in his side is going to bother him worse if she’s dead than if she isn’t, and realizes he’s going to have to take some unsavory steps to keep her breathing. Aleksa, meanwhile, gets her first sleep in 36 hours, and discovers on … Continue reading →
I had a dickens of a time figuring out a way to get the survey results for THE WRITING CRAFT up in any usable, readable format. So you can download the PDF and take a look, or open it directly and read it here. 871 people voted. I’m still analyzing all the comments, but for the courses I was already … Continue reading →
My hero, having underestimated my heroine’s attention to detail, has just discovered that what he thought would be a comment of no importance has given her the ammo she needs to hunt him down. Writing went beautifully tonight. And, fried, I’m going to call it a night on that progress.